I play traditional Irish and Scottish music on anglo concertina, low whistle and Irish bouzouki. I am fortunate to live trad music hotbed of the Bay Area.
Sample Recordings
Three jigs on concertina accompanied by Laurel North on harp.
Up in the Air/ The Rolling Waves/ The Roling Waves
A waltz I wrote and recorded on Irish bouzouki, low whistle and harmonium.
March and hornpipe on concertina.
Scottish Air and highland on low whistle.
Thagh Mi Sgith/The Brown Sailed Boat
Gigs
I regularly play at sessions and for dancers with the Starry Plough Ceili Band, the longest running traditional Irish ceili dance west of Ireland (that I know of). I have played with groups at the KVMR Celtic Music Festival and the Sea Music Festival in San Francisco in addition to local St. Patrick’s day gigs.
Session live-stream
Although our beloved Starry Plough pub was forced shut down during the pandemic, I have been co-organizing a monthly session over Zoom and streamed via YouTube.
Teaching
This year I have also been a teaching assistant, helping Shay Black put on his regular Folk Song Repertoire class remotely for the Freight & Salvage, a Berkeley folk music institution.
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